Duplex railway-hopper.



W. B. MGP'HERSON.

DUPLEX RAILWAY HOPPER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1910.

Patented July 26, 1910.

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UNITED s'rArEs PATENT WILLIAM E. MCPHERSON, OF REN SSELAER, NEW YORK, ASSIG-NOR OF SEVENTY ONE- HUNDREDTHS TO HIMSELF, FIFTEEN ONE-HUNDREDTHS TO J. M. RODGERS, AND FIFTEEN ONE-HUNDREDTHS TO J. FLETCHER, F PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

Be i known that 1, WILLIAM E. .MoPHnn someitizen of the United States,'residing at Rensselae' inthe county of Rensselaer and State of .ldew York, have invented certain new and useful 'Im rovements in' Duplex Railway-Hoppers, of which the following is aspecification. r I,

This'invention relates to water closets and especially and other rail-way rolling stock.

It is a'well known fact that the railway regulations, and municipal ordinances of most sections of thecountry, require the porter or other attendant on a' train to lock the toilet compartments when'the train is traveling Within city limits or standing at a station, which lack of toilet-facilities is a great inconvenience to the passengers desirous; ofresponding to a call of'n'ature.

\ The object of the present invention is'to avoid this disadvantage of railway traveling and to provide a sanitary closet that may be left open for use by passengers at all times, "without danger of excretions and other efl'ete matter in the hopper being deposited onthe track contrary to the railway regulations.

A further object is to provide a; closet having main and auxiliary hoppers, one of which is adapted to receive refuse from the otherwhile the train is standing at a station, means being provided for connecting said hoppers, thereby to effect the simultaneous dumping of both hoppers whennecessary.

Another object is generally to improve this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability, and vefliciei'icy'.

7 Further objects and advantages will appear in the following description, nitbeing understood that various changes in form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resortedto within the scope of the appended claims.

' For a full understandingof the invention,

water closet constructed in accordance wit my invention, the connecting rod being shown in full lines in operative position and .in dotted lines inoperative posltion to per 7 I Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 9, 1910. SeriaI'NO. 560,285.

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mitindependent dumping of the upper pan or hopper. Fig 2is,a side elevation, partly in section,- showing both hoppers dum ed.

Corresponding and like parts are re erred to in the following description and indicated in both views of the aecompanyingdrawings by the same reference characters.

The .improvedcloset forming the subject matter of the resent invention is principally designed or use on passenger cars and other railway rolling stock and by way of illustration is shown in connection with a passenger car of the ordinary construction in which 5 designates the platform and G the closet bowl secured in any suitable manner to the-floor 5 and provided with the usual outlet? and dumping pan or hopper 8.

The upper dumping pan or hopper 8 is provided with the usual counterbalance or to receive the refuse from the upper pan orhopper 8 when the train is traveling within city limits or when standing at a station for any predetermined length of vtime, thereby to allow the passengers to respond to a call of natureat such times without liability of the refuse from the upper hopper being deposited on the tracks. Extending laterally from one side of the auxiliary pan or hopper 17 is an arm 18 to which is pivotally connected at 19 the adjacent end of a relatively long red section 20, the upper end of said rod section being extended through a slot'formed in the floor 5 and provided with a terminal socket 21, for the reception of the lower end of a relatively short rod section 22.

I The upper end of the rod section 22 is provided with ahooked terminal 23 which is normally aiid yieldably held in engagement with a pivot pin or lug 24 on the offset *lever11,by a eoils prin'g 25 The coil spring of the pan 8 in I end lever 27 mounted is seated in the socket 21 with one end thereof bearing against a nut .25 on the lower of the rod section 22 and with its other end engaging the adjacent end wallof said socket as shown, thus to form a yieldable connection between said rodsections.

One end ofa connecting rod or link 26 is pivotally mounted on the lug or pin 2i of the ofi'set lever 11, while the-other end thereof is pivotally connected with an operating on a plate or bracket 28 secured in any suitable manner to the adjacent side wallof the car. a

Extendinglaterally from the hooked end of the rod section 22 is an arm 29 to which is pivotally connected the adjacent end of an actuating rod 30, the lower end of said rod being extended through a slot or opening in the floor 5 and provided with a terminal loop or eye 31 adapted to engage a hook 32 secured to the bottoin of the car as shown. The actuating rod 30 is provided with a finger piece 33, by lifting which the hooked terminal 23 or lug 24-when it is desired to operate the upper pan or hopper 8 independently of the auxiliary hopper 17. i

A chute 34 is secured to the bottom of the car b neath the outlet 7 for the purpose of irectnig the refuse from the upper hopper into thezlower hopper when the latter is in normal 0} op rative position. a i

Attention is here called to the fact that the auxiliary pain or hopper 17 is provided with a counterbalance or weight 35, which latter serves to normally retain the upper ortion or mouth of the hopper in a horizonta and in proper position to receive the contents of the upper pan or hopper when the latter-is tilted. It will also be noted that the vertical wall of the lower or auxiliary hopperis perforated at 36 so as to permit the escape of liquid while retaining the solid matter thereln.

l/Vhen a train approaches a city. or enters a station the port-er or other attendant on the train exertsanupward pull on thefinger piece 33 which disengages the hook 23 from the pivot pin 24 so that a person after using the closet may discharge the contents of the pan or hopper 8 into the lower hopper 17 by merely depressing the actuating end of the lever 27, the lower hopper being normally retained in position to receive the refuse by means of the weight as before stated. When the actuating rod 30 is moved upwardly the eye or loop 31v'ill engage the hook 32 and thus lock said rod in elevated position. As the train leaves a station the attendant partially rotates the finger piece 33-which disengages'the loop or eye 31 from the hook 32, thereby causing thespring 25 to move the hook. 23 into engagcnu-nt with the. pin 24 so that by depressing the free and b of the operatingflever 27 a simultaneous may be disengaged from the pin .for' normally and yieldably plane liability of the refuse being dumped upon the track. v Having thus described theinvention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A water closet including a main hopper, an auxiliary hopper disposed beneath the same, and means for simultaneously or independently dumping said hoppers.

2. A water closet including a main hopper, an auxiliary hopper, and a rod forming a detachable connection between said hoppers thereby to admit indepen'dent'or simultaneous dumping thereof.

3. A water closet including a main hopper, an auxiliary hopper, a sectional rod forming a detachable connection between said hoppers thereby to permit independent or simultaneous dumping thereof, and means holding the .sections of said rod vin engagement witheach other.

4.-A water closet including a main hopper, an auxiliary hopper pivotally mounted for tiltin movement below the main hopper, a rod forming a detachable connection between the main and auxiliary hoppers, a counterbalance carried by the auxiliary hopper for normally retaining the latter in operative position beneath the main hopper, and means operatively connected with both hoppers for simultaneously dumping the same.

5. A water closet including an upper hopper, spaced hangers disposed beneath the.

main hopper, an auxiliary hopper mounted for tilting movement between said hangers, a lever connected with the main hopper, an operating handle, a link having one end thereofsecured to the operating handle and its other end pivotallyconnected with the lever of the main hopper, and a connecting rod pivotally mounted on the auxiliary hoper and provided with a hooked terminal or detachable connection with the lever of the main hopper.

6. A water closet including an upper hopper, a lever operatively connected therewith and provided'with a lug, )er pivotally mounted for beneath the main. ho one section of. which tilting movement pper, a sectional rod is pivotally connected with the auxiliary ho per and the other section thereof provide with a hooked terminal adapted to engage the lug on said lever.

an auxiliary hop-".-

and provided with a laterally extending lug,

an auxiliary hopper pivotally mounted for tilting movement beneath the main hopper, a sectional rod one section of which is pivotally connected with the auxiliary hopper and provided with a socket, the other section being slidablymounted in said socket and having aghooked terminal engaging the lug, a spring seatedin said socket for normally and'yieldably holding the hooked terminal of the rod section in engagement with the lug, an operating lever connected with said lug for simultaneously efi'ecting the dumping' of the hoppers, and an actuating rod /connected with the hooked rod section for disengaging the latter from the lug thereby to permit dumping of the upper hopper independently of the lower hopper.-

8. A water closet including an upper hopper, a lever operatively connected therewith and provided with a lug, spaced hangers disposed beneath the ma1n 'opper, a counterbalanced auxiliary hopper mounted for tiltin'g movement between said hangers, a sectional rod one section of which is pivotally connected with the auxiliary hopper and provided with a socket, the other section of said rod being 'slida'bly mounted in the socket and provided with a terminal hook engaging the .lug, a spring seated in the socket and forming a yieldable connection between said rod sections, an arm extending laterally from the hooked rod section, an operating lever pivotally connected with the lug for efl'ecting the simultaneous dumping of both hoppers, an actuating rod engaging the arm, a finger piece carried by the actuating rod for elevating said rod to disengage the hooked rod section from the lug, and means for looking the actuating rod in elevated position;

9. A water closet including an upper hopper, a lever operatively connected therewith and provided with a laterally extending lug, an. auxiliary hopper pivotally mounted for swinging movement beneath themain hopper, a sectional rod connecting the lug and auxiliary hopper, one of said rod sections being movable to extended position and provided with a hooked terminal adapted to en gage the lug, an operating lever pivotally connected with the lug for simultaneously operating both hoppers, an arm extending laterally from the hooked rod section, an actuating lever having one end thereof engaging the arm and its other end formed with an eye, a finger piece carried by the rod for elevating the latter to disengage the hooked rod section from the lug, and a hook adapted to engage the eye of the actuating lever for locking the latter in elevated position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. MGPHERSON. [1.. 8.1 Witnesses:

WV. D. WALKER, J F. FELTON. 

